K street greens

The greening of Washington gets very Brooklyn-esque on Tuesday night when 250 local notables, foodies and government higher-ups—including D.C. Councilmembers and possibly Mayor Muriel Bowser—will gather at an “urban farm” at the corner of New Jersey Avenue and K Street in Northwest for a locally sourced feast, served family-style after a cocktail hour featuring Virginia wine dispensed from a vintage Airstream trailer, prepared by seven celebrity chefs, including D.C. chefs Spike Mendelsohn and Mike Isabella, both former Top Chef contestants. And the whole thing is hosted by actor Jake Gyllenhaal. Break out the Birkenstocks.

Many of those attending The K Street Farm dinner have paid $600 for a VIP ticket; the money goes to DC Greens, an organization that champions food education and food policy. The dinner itself will be held in the midst of the group’s one-acre urban farm in the up-and-coming NoMa neighborhood, near Walker Jones Elementary School.

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Gyllenhaal and his sister, Maggie, are longtime friends of DC Greens’ founder, Lauren Shweder Biel. “We got to know each other when we were busing tables one summer, about 20 years ago,” says Biel of her bestie, Maggie, who sits on DC Greens’ board of advisers. “I’ve known Jake for just as long; they really feel like family to me.” Jake’s visit to Washington comes fresh off an appearance at Cannes for his new movie, Southpaw, for which he significantly bulked up to portray a chiseled boxer (we’re guessing healthy greens weren’t part of that body-transforming diet).

Also expected at the K Street Farm Dinner are Ryan Shadrick Wilson, chief strategy officer for the Partnership for a Healthier America, and Deb Eschmeyer, who in January took over Sam Kass’ White House post as executive director of Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” initiative; Eschmeyer is also senior policy adviser for nutrition policy.